Peder Andersen

Peder Andersen was a minister of the Danish government during World War II. Andersen was forced to resign along with the rest of the government after the Germans declared a state of martial law in August 1943, leaving him powerless. On 29 September 1943, Andersen confronted SS general Werner Best about the theft of a list of Jewish people in Denmark, and Best claimed that the SS was "looking into the matter", suspecting that it was for a "census"; it was really done to facilitate the deportation of Danish Jews to concentration camps. Andersen was then escorted out of the office, powerless to act.